The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-24
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NEW BRUNSWICK, March 2l.-IhoS.
Henry Ayers, the missing son of VIM.
Ayers, and COrnelia Denmead, who
was stolen from his mother in 1857 by
his father, arrived in this city to-day
and subsequently left for New York.
He came from Sunnydale. SedgWick
County, Kansas. His arrival put
new aspect on the mysterious and COM
plicated Denmead case. He is heir
to his fathers share of the Goodfellow
estate.
THE LAwToN swINDLE.
NEW YORK, March 21.-Abram
King, consul for a number of the
creditors of missing Walter Z. Lawton,
the guano magnate, made the first esti-
mate to-day that has been attempted of
how much the creditors will receive out
of the wreck. The attachments reach
a total of 500 51. Mr.. King thinks
that the assets will be about $500, 900,
and assumes that the creditors will re-
ceive 20 per cent of their claims. lie
considers Lawton's Cat Tail Island the
principal asset. but this already has
81 $50, 900 worth of mortgages. 1t is
expected that legal battle to deter
mine who of the various mortgages on
the island shall take precedence will be
one of the interesting complications
that Is certain to arise out of this myS-
FERROUS affair.
No MORE BODIES FOUND.
BUFFALO, March 2l.-No more
bodies have been found iii the ruins of
the Richmond Hotel to-day, when the
searching party was withdrawn, owing
to the shally condition of the walls,
which are to be pulled down at once.
The hotel safe was eXhumed this
forenoon, and its contents, including
$50, 900 or $40, 600 worth of diamonds,
found in good shape.
BLOCKADE RAISED.
ST. PAUL, March 2l.-Oilicials of the
Monitoba Pacific Railroad received adj
vices this forenoon that the blockade
on the Canadian Pacific was raised,
that line was opened through to the
Pacific last night and that no further
trouble this season is anticipated. a
large number of emigrants and trav-
elers have been here several days be-
cause of their inability to get through
on this route.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
KANSAS CITY. March pa special
to the Times from Humboldt. says:
The Whitaker Quaker Church at Buff
falO was blown to atoms by an eXplo-
sion at 8 O'Clock Saturday night.
Frank Van Meter was arrested at OF
tAwa to-day charged with having com
mitted the deed. The circumstantiaI
evidence is strong against him. Van
members OF the church for gambling.
He hes .heen taken to Ere onia. He
procured s. worth of giant powder here
Saturday and taking two horses and a
buggy WAS absent several hours and
was traced to Buffalo.
WATER STILL RISING.
ST. PAUL, March 2l.-From North
ern Pacific officials it is learned that all
efforts to dislodge the ice gorge above
mi
is rising gradually to-day and sweeping
over a larger area than yesterday.
Telegraphic communication with Man
don mas been cut of completely, so 1t is
impossible to get news direct. The
Northern Pacific bridge is not endan-
gered as reported.
AGAIN RISING.
BISMARCK, Dakota, March 22.-The
Missouri fell about twelve inches last
night, and this morning stood at the
high water mark of ISL. The railroad
men and detained passengers were
thinking they would have quick relief
when the water began to rise again,
and has risen a foot since. The rise at
this point over a body of water six
miles in width is marvellous. The train
frCm the east was delayed twenty min
utes this afternoon by "A rise in Apple
Greek, three miles east. If the water
in the creek rises much more, it viii be
impossible for a train to come to Bis
marck. There is no longer any doubt
of the drowning of the Jackson family
ut Painted Woods.
PULLING DOWN THE WALLS.
BUFFALO, March pa large force
| OF men were kept busily at work all the
| forenoon pulling down the most danger
GUS portions of the Richmond Hotel
walls. No effort was made to find the
! bodies supposed to be still in the de
/ bris rs it is not safe for the men to
| work near the cTumbling walls. AS
| soon as the walls can be RACED to the
ground the work will be resumed with
| renewed YigOr. Ii will probably be
two or three days before
| all the bodies are recovered.
| With one or two exceptions the injured
! persons are doing well. Mrs. w. J..
| Mann, wife of one of the proprietors of
! the Richmond, and mother of little
! Jennie, who died on Sunday, is still in a
pTecariOus condition. and Mary Nolan
| and Maggie -Mulrich are very low. Mr..
| Ward Whelan. of Newburgh. y. Y.
one of the injured, died last night.
a Sey Cooperative Wine.
PEORIA. H.. March 21.-Fhe striking
miners have secured possession of the
| Rutherford coal mine at Wesley City,
and will run it on the cooperative plan.
| They commencedwork today.
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